Keep Your Facebook Account Secure

How To Keep Your Facebook Account Completely Secure

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A lot of internet users have a Facebook account, and within each account there are sensitive and private information that a lot of internet thieves would like to get their hands on. There are times where you don’t realise you’ve used Facebook Messenger to send a message to someone which contains sensitive information. Luckily for everyone, Facebook has implemented a very complex security preferences which will allow you to secure your information to the very maximum.

First you must start with
the most vital step, and that is choosing a very strong password to keep
invaders away from trying to hack your account via your password. Make sure
that you choose a very complex password which have 8-14 characters, has a
mixture of different characters such as; symbols, capital letter and letters.
And make sure it does not contain any personal information that can be easily
guessed and manipulated.

Another important aspect
to think about is making sure that your password isn’t similar to something
throughout the internet. For example, in different social media account, you
should use different passwords. You can easily use password generators and
password managers to generate and store your passwords securely.

As mentioned before two step password verification systems
are a great way in logging in to your account. If someone you are close to
already knows your password for whatever reason or maybe your password fell
into the wrong hands by mistake, make sure you switch on the login-approval
settings so you will be sent a code on your phone to enter after you have entered
and submitted your password. To switch on the ‘login-approval’ option simply go
to the ‘Settings’ page, then navigate to Security > Login Approvals > and
then enable the options in which you would like to verify your account.

Once you have enabled this option, the next time you log in,
you will be prompted for an approval code from your phone, which will be either
sent via SMS or a code will be generated through an authenticator app. When you
entered the code, you will then be asked if you wish to store that browser/device
so that you don’t have to re-enter a code every time, however we won’t
recommend that, because again anyone could use that device if they have access
to passwords.

Each time you login to
your account, it’s also best to receive login alerts via email or text message to
see when there was a login attempt. To enable this feature, go to the main
Settings page and then navigate to Security > Login Alerts, you will then
have to choose the method of alert. If there are any logins to devices that you
don’t recognise, you can end their activity remotely by navigating to Setting,
Security and Where You’re Logged in and then finally click ‘End Activity’ to
deactivate that location. You can also end all the logins by clicking ‘End All
Activity’, this will be especially useful if you someone is using your device.

If you get locked out of
your account completely, Facebook has a great feature called ‘Trusted Contacts’
which can help you unlock your account. You must set this feature beforehand so
if you get locked out, then you will be able to use this feature to unlock it,
you cannot set it up whilst being locked out of your account. This feature will
enable you to choose 3 to 5 different Facebook Friends in which you can call if
you were unable to access your account. Just Head to Settings > Security and
‘Your Trusted Contact’.

The whole point of securing your account is to make sure
that no one has access to your account. Finally, do not disregard the basic
security codes of processes either. If you log-in to your account through a
public computer, make sure that you log out and clear any internet data through
the browser settings. You can even use private mode so that the browser doesn’t
log anything. A lot of people tend to leave their email or social media
accounts logged in without realising that they must log out, not just exit the
browser. Also, the standard procedures will be keeping your browser up to date
and have a very good internet security and anti-malware software installed.

Electroclinic provides all networking and security services such as repairing; infected devices or securing a small or enterprise network. You can contact us by calling us on 02073512801 or dropping us an email at support@electroclinic.co.uk.